Clinical features, outcomes, and costs of a conjunctivitis outbreak caused by the ST448 strain of streptococcus pneumoniae

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 503-509

  Zegans, Michael E ^a   Sanchez, Paul A ^b   Likosky, Donald S ^c   Allar, Rory T ^d   Martin, Michael ^e   Schwartzman, Joseph D ^a   Pryor, John H ^f   Turco, John H ^g   Whitney, Cynthia G ^h  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Southwest Eye Care Specialists   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Dartmouth College Health Service   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctivitis; Epidemic; Pneumococcus; ST448; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHEMOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DRUG COST; EPIDEMIC; EYE DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650585882     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181909362     Document Type: Article

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